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770km of those pipes coated at the Mukran
plant.
The coating plant will occupy a surface area
of 10,220m2 with an additional 11,000m2
occupied by the steam curing facility. Two main
buildings (coating building, curing building) will
be constructed as well as offices.
In order to start the production in January
2009, construction is now well underway
and will finish in August/September 2008.
Setup will take place from August until the
end of October, with testing running from
November to December. All pipes for the
first line of the Nord Stream pipeline will
have to be coated by December 2009.
Further to this project award, Eupec is
now looking for qualified and talented
candidates to fill a number of positions
(based in Mukran). The positions include
plant manager, production manager, cost
controller, quality control managers, HSE
managers, crane operators, maintenance
managers, and IT managers.
Eupec – France
Fax: +33 3 28 27 27 98
Email:
Website:
Van Leeuwen Singapore wins
Saudi contract
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube (Singapore)
Pte Ltd has been awarded a contract for the
supply of carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless
steel and incoloy pipes, fittings and flanges
for the Saudi Kayan olefins plant project.
The company was selected to supply
at least 15,000 tons of pipe, fittings and
flanges for the Saudi Kayan Olefins Plant
project. Managing this schedule driven
project, worth in excess of US$38 million,
the company will supply from stock and
from more than 20 different manufacturers.
The Kayan olefins plant, which will produce
1,350,000 tons of olefins per annum, will
be erected at the Saudi Kayan cracker
complex in the Jubail Industrial City, Saudi
Arabia.
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube (Singapore)
Pte Ltd is a subsidiary of the Van Leeuwen
Pipe and Tube Group BV, a specialist in
steel pipe, pipe components and valves.
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube (Singapore)
Pte Ltd – Singapore
Fax: +65 68979318
Email:
Website:
pipelines is expected to be operational in the
spring of 2011. Each line is approximately
1,220km long.
Eupec will undertake the concrete weight
coating for both Nord Stream pipelines at
new coating plants to be constructed in
Mukran (Germany) and Kotka (Finland).
Around 75 per cent of the pipes for the
first line will be produced in Germany, with
Eupec, part of the Korindo Group
(Indonesia), has won a substantial order
worth €650 million for the supply of concrete
weight coating and logistics services
to implement the Nord Stream pipeline
project.
Nord Stream is a natural gas pipeline that
will link Russia and the European Union
via the Baltic Sea. The first of two parallel
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Major Nord Stream coating contract leads
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